Call for papers/abstracts: This year's panel sponsored by the Association for Business Communication seeks proposals for papers on "Representing Business Communication in Literature across Genres." Topics in English and from literatures around the world include but are not limited to research on the following:

Fiction that features business communication

Business communication in Wall Street focused on fiction or non-fiction

Other theoretical discussions/critiques of business communication in literature

This session is dedicated to Dr. Kitty O. Locker (1948-2005), whose efforts to connect business communication and literature resulted in the ABC panel at the MLA convention.

Submission: Submit a 300-word abstract for a 15-20 minute presentation to William Christopher Brown at wbrown@midland.edu by 07 March 2018. Selections will be made through blind review. All identifying information should be removed from submissions.

Required memberships: To participate in this panel, all participants must be members of both the Association for Business Communication and the Modern Language Association by 07 April 2018. Submit a 300-word abstract for a 15-20 minute presentation to William Christopher Brown at wbrown@midland.edu by 07 March 2018.